“While three US MQ-9s were unmanned It carried out a mission against elite targets in Syria, during which three Russian fighter jets jammed the drones“.
Russian fighters direct disaster missiles at US drones,
And forcing the latter to dodge it, a Russian pilot flying in front of one of these planes activated the afterburner of his plane, “reducing the drone operator’s ability to move freely,” the general continued. Afterburner in a fighter jet engine temporarily increases the aircraft’s speed.
A recording of the event was recently released, and it can be viewed here:
“These events are yet another example of the unprofessional and dangerous actions of the Russian Air Force operating in Syria, which threaten the safety of US and Russian forces,” Alexus Grynkewich stated. The general also called on Moscow to “put an end to this irresponsible behavior.” In March, Russian fighter jets had already made contact with an MQ-9 (Reaper) drone in the Black Sea, when a US drone crashed into the sea during its maneuvers.
The incident sparked new tensions between Washington and Moscow.
In March, the US Army’s European Command released a video of a Russian fighter jet approaching and refueling an American reconnaissance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea, which according to the US statement: It crashed into the sea due to the dangerous and unprofessional maneuvers of the Russian pilots. The 42-second footage showed a Russian Su-27 fighter jet passing over the back of the large MQ-9 Reaper drone as it ejected fuel.
U.S. military According to his information at the time, two Russian fighter jets had begun an intercept maneuver, and the purpose of the fuel dump could have been to blind the drone’s optical instruments, So they are forced to leave the area. In the second operation, one of the Russian Su-27s hit the drone’s propeller, damaging one of the rotor blades.. However, the collision was not clearly visible in the released video.
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